Nationally residential property prices in Spain increased by 1% last year with the market having bottomed out and now on the way to recovery, new index figures suggest. The data from appraisal company Tinsa shows that the overall rise in prices was boosted by an increase of 2% in the regions of Catalonia, Madrid, and […]

From the super yachts bobbing about off the coast to the luxury pads tucked away in the hills, Mallorca is a playground to the rich and famous. Many A-listers call the island home and many more delight in visiting it for their holidays. Models, actresses, sporting heroes, royalty… all have been wooed by the balmy […]

With the Spanish property market beginning to look healthy once more (home buyers spent 23% more in 2014 on Spanish property than they did in 2013, according to the Ministry of Development), buyers are becoming more choosy about what they buy and where. Marc Pritchard, Sales and Marketing Director of leading Spanish homebuilder Taylor Wimpey […]

Ryanair has opened its second Belgian base at Brussels Zaventem with four aircraft set to offer ten new routes, delivering up to 1.5 million passengers per year. The low cost carrier revealed the move will result in sustaining 1,500 “on-site” jobs at Brussels Zaventem Airport with 200 weekly flights. The decision to start flying out […]

Proposed hikes in VAT have caused an uproar in Mallorca and all across the Balearics recently. A government plan to hike VAT from 8% to 18% this Friday when the new budget is announced had led many spokespeople and workers within the tourism industry to complain, saying that tourism in Majorca and the other Balearic […]